CruxGNZ

So you want to hear about the accident? Well, I am typing with one hand and I’m really bored, so I’ll tell you a little about it. My mind is a little clouded from pain killers, so I hope it makes sense. It all started on 9/19/99. It was a pretty warm day out so I didn’t feel like wearing my leathers, but I did wear my helmet (thank God for that). Two of my buddies and I went riding out to Lake Geneva, about 45 minutes from where I live. We cruzed around the town and then went to a few odd shops. We ate lunch and upon exiting the restaurant we noticed that the sky has turned black with storm clouds. We decide to head out back to town as soon as possible. We hop on our bikes and jet out of town. I was about ½ mile or so from the onramp to the highway that takes us the fast way home, when I decided to have a little fun before the roads got wet. I was riding my ’87 Honda Sabre V-65 1100cc motorcycle. This sucker dynoed at 125hp & 127 ft.lbs. at the wheel, so it was torquey. Well, I was going about 40-45 mph, when I decided to rev it up and drop it into second gear and pop the clutch, like I’ve done many times before. I do this and it results in a nice wheelie, which gently lays back down and then I top off second gear. When I pop it into third gear, things really start to go wrong. About 2 seconds into third gear, the front end started shaking, and then it started shaking really bad, then I started to get tank slap (steering was going from lock to lock, left to right) violently! I didn’t know this at the time, but my buddies that were behind me said that the bikes front and rear tire were coming off the ground, going from the left to the right. It was bad. The only way to get yourself out of tank slap is to give it throttle and get the weight off the front tire, so you can get control of it, but I was already at full throttle. There was nothing that I could do. So, I let off the gas and just let go, there was nothing more I could have done. Just as I let go, the bike threw me to the right and slammed me into the ground. This is where I broke my collar bone. I knocked the back right side of my helmet on the ground during the fall. I spun around 360 degrees and slid on my feet with arms extended to the sides surfing style until I came to a stop. I guess the many years of inline skating and snowboarding paid off here. I then stood up and watched my bike slide on the ground for what seemed like eternity. I watched the bike hit an expansion crack and the headlight exploded. Then it hit a pot hole and the gauge cluster exploded into little plastic bits. All the time it was sliding, the foot pegs, which were made from magnesium, were grinding into the pavement, making for a shower of white sparks. The bike came to a rest in the opposite lane, luckily with no traffic in site. My buddies escorted me to the side of the road and made sure I was okay, then they picked up the bike and the little bits of it that were scattered over the road. When the cops showed up, they said they rode sport bikes and have done stupid things also, but not with results as this. I received no tickets. They measured the bike sliding 522 feet. The instrument cluster read 90 mph when they found it. They say I fell doing a little over 100 mph. Had I not been wearing a helmet, I’m convinced I wouldn’t be here typing this. So, I got a broken collar bone and road rash on the back of my shoulder as a result of the fall. Here is what happened in order after the crash, but I’ll keep it short. Well, I was put in a figure eight sling to help my collar bone to heal, but for some odd reason it didn’t. So, after a little while, a doctor we’ll call him Doctor Crap For Brains, decided that he would install a plate on top of the collar bone, held in place by six screws. This worked well and I was feeling fine, for the time being. Months later, I started to get weird feelings, like seeing stuff and my right arm was getting numb. Little did I know that these are the signs of little tiny strokes. From what I know, one of the six screws holding that plate in place on my collar bone went through the bone a little to far and was smashing an artery between the tip of the screw and my top rib every time I moved my arm. It was causing blood clots to form inside the artery which traveled to my brain. Eventually I had a pretty big stroke. VERY SCARY! PM me if you want to know what a stroke is like. It destroyed a silver dollar size section of my brain. When I went to the hospital to get it fixed, I was told they were going to fix the artery by cleaning it out and remove the plate and screws, since it was now healed. I was told the surgery was going to take an hour, tops. 8 hours later, I wake up with a tube and ball (a drain) hanging out my right shoulder, a catheter hanging out my ah, unit between my legs…, my right inner thigh was hurting and I felt like a got run over by a dump truck. To this day, that was the absolute worst pain I have ever felt. Turns out the artery was so damaged that they need to do a bypass and removed a large vain from my leg and bypassed the artery over my collar bone. Lots of suffering and rehab from that, but we’ll fast forward to last week. I had to have a rib removed because when I lift my right arm up, a vein was getting pinched off and blood was able to get to my arm, but not out of it. So my arm would turn neat shades of blue and purple. This was bad, especially since I work in construction. It was performed by a top dog Doctor at a well know hospital in Milwaukee, WI. The surgery was a simple one I was told, but since my arm was so messed up before hand, it was very risky. I actually made history as the first person to do a certain type of CT scan at this hospital. Lots of Doctors visited to see who I was and what was happening to me. Lots of attention. Anyhow, it worked out and I’m alive today to talk about it. There is A LOT more to it, but I kept it kind of short so as not to turn into a book. Hopefully this is the last surgery I will have to go through because of this simple bike accident. Had I not been farting around, going over the speed limit and pulling wheelies, well, I just wouldn’t call that living life to its fullest. You have to have fun sometimes, it’s just that shit happens. !M!

So you finally got the darn LSD from Reider racing. Or is this a different unit? Your LSD looks like a normal clutch type LSD from the outside. !M!

This is the second time this has happened. I'm not mad, just pointing something out. On the forum Index screen, when I moved the mouse around, a little banner was attached to the tip of the mouse. Wherever I moved the mouse, the banner moved with it. Pretty funky. The banner said something like what I typed below. The banner was in blue and white. "West coast something? Performance Driving Schools" !M!

Oh DAMN! Ouch. Well, get it fixed and life will be good again. Don't have to many drinks tonight . If it makes you feel any better, last week about 9'ish at night, I started my Z up while parked in the driveway. I then turned on the running lights and left the car, so it can warm up a little. I went inside grabbed a glass of water from the 'fridge, looked out side to see the cool looking Z just parked there 8) , turned around to get some more water, then turned back and didn't see the running lights anymore... I dashed out the door to see my Z went down the driveway and for some reason veered to the right and into the neighbors front yard instead of it going straight down the driveway and into traffic. No damage was done, but it was embarrassing. I forgot to set the e-brake !M!

In the post Afshin mentioned, it was said to use urethane on the inside bushing and rubber on the end. I just recently replaced my end bushing with stock rubber and the urethane bushing now has about 15-20 3/16" holes to allow better movement of the T/C rod. I'm not sure if it's just me or what, but I was actually able to tell a difference in handling from before to what I did now. !M!

Very funny, but it was my top rib Nah, I like the 2 wheeled toys just the same. Heck the night before my surgery, my cousin Angie calls me up and telle me her and her husband Dan bought new bikes. Newer Honda 600 F4i and a brand new Honda 600 RR. She tells me that I have to come over and test drive "hers". That F4i moves pretty good! Lifts the front end off the ground on the 1-2 shift while laying on the tank. Put a good few miles on it before I had to leave her have it. !M!

...well sort of. I was in the hospital for the past three days for a surgery to my right shoulder area. I had to have my top rib removed. I would rather not get into why, it would take forever to explain. Lets just say once apon a time, Mat was involved a motocycle accident and doctors screwed some surgeries up. Check it out, the Doc let me take home a peice of my rib A chunk of my lung was attached to it, so yeah, my lung collapsed. Then I had a bunch of buddies stop by the second day I was there and enlarged a Z car that was in a magazine, the yellow one with a G-nose. They made the picture about 5 feet by 3 feet! Doctors got a kick out of the "cool" car. Then some other buddies showed up with a hat that says, "Did you poop today?" If any of you have been in the hospital before, I know you're laughing at this The nurses got a kick out of it. Oh yeah, see that burger on my plate down there? Take a guess as to what the hostpial served me before that.... yeah RIBS! The nice lady made the lunch room make me a quick burger. Well, hell at least I'm alive. Damn, pretty long post for only one hand 8) !M!

My Dad called me a Knucklehead when I was little, so this name is kind of fitting. Drum roll please... I'm now known as Knucklehead and I ride with the Hell's Beerguts MC. !M!

Really? I have been having so much fun with this stuff. Sticks to everything! I haven't been able to pull a bond apart yet. I'm actually going to bond something to wood, just so I can break it... or rip the wood apart. I have had no problems at all with this stuff. Better than super glue IMO. !M!

I think this guy said the same thing !M!

From the Simpsons, "...can't this thing go any faster? NO, IT'S A GEO!" A old girlfriend had a Tracker, man what a P.O.S.. Other than the engine, everything else on the lifted go cart was of poor quality, but I'll give it to 'em, the dang thing got you from A to B. I remember when I first started seeing this chick, she stopped by with it and I asked if I could drive it for two reasons. 1- I wanted to see what this thing was like, since I've never driven one and 2- I hardly ever get into a vehicle when a woman is driving. So, I'm getting onto the feeway and I tape it... hmmm wasn't increasing forward momentum, but the RPM's were sure increasing. I then found out she needed a new clutch. The original clutch with 100K miles on the clock just couldn't handle the power house that lurked under the hood. !M!

This video is awsome! (right click, save as) http://www.bandagbullet.com/bandagbullet.bak2/bathurstburnout.WMV Truck specs are here: http://www.bandagbullet.com/bulletspecs.htm !M!

I really hate to see this stuff happen on here. Can we help this guy out some? !M!

Now what happens if something breaks/fizzles out on that kit? Is there at least a waranty or are you S.O.L. on replacement parts? !M!

WOW! Your ZX is really looking nice! So when does it go for its stay in paint jail? I can't wait to see that engine bay color sprayed on the whole car. !M!

Jon, Thanks for the links! I've been needing to make up some sleeves for my diff. that I put together. I'll call them and find out prices and post here what I find out Ah nuts... today is Friday, well I'll still call them Saturday, but if they aren't there, then Monday it is. !M!

Wow, very NICE! Well done . Boyd Coddington wheels!? Ca ching $$$$ Love the color 8) !M!

Cripes! Feel better? !M!

Proportionaly Immense Gang Or how about the: Plump Ideal Group Just throwing some stuff out there for you porkers !M!

Weird, my '73 wieghs exactly the same as 240zprace's. 2380 lbs. with 5/8 a tank of fuel. I think I'll start a new group... L-E-A-N !M!

Do you have pictures of the install? !M!

Guy, Did you see where he lives though? !M!

Phyte, You wouldn't happen to have a way to get the yip yip parts of those videos onto your computer would you? There are many people looking for video clips of these guys, but nobody has them. !M!

Here’s something to bring back some memories. Remember these guys? Now here is something that was submitted to a Yahoo message board that is quite interesting, but funny. “Mid 80's the sesame street writers introduce the yipyips as extraterrestrial visitors that where simply lost, curious, and harmless aliens trying to find their way. These cute fuzzy creators were taken with mixed review by the public. Some children started having nightmares about the yips. As a result the directors limited the yipyip skits to only a few, hoping there would not be too much controversy and the yipyips would fade into history. The yipyips where just one of many tools used to ease fears of aliens in our society. The government approached Sesame Street and asked them to incorporate the yips into the show. In hopes children would warm up to the idea of aliens among us. As these children grew into adults they'd be more excepting of the possible existence of aliens. And in the off chance of an encounter we'd be calm and diplomatic, instead of shooting the visitors. The government knowing that an eventual encounter would take place needed to prep the general public and what better way than brainwashing the children of Sesame Street. Unfortunately, the plan backfired, too many kids where scared of the yipyips. So, the government dropped the idea and moved to teen viewing in primetime with such shows as V, the X Files and Babylon 5. One can't help notice the irony there (today's show was brought to you by the letter V and the letter X, and the number 5). Ever notice how most Sci-Fi shows involving aliens have a bold number or letter in the title?†I have yet to find a video clip of these guys from Sesame Street. I was laughing my butt off listening to a sound clip of the Yip Yip’s. “Yip yip yip, uh huh uh huh….mmmmm cow…. yip yip… cow…….MOOOOOOOO!†!M!

I feel your pain, but wow that's a kick in the arse! I bought my front air dam and headlight covers on the third of this month and was told it would be here within 7-10 days. I just recieved it on the 19th. Although after I called to find out what happened, the guy did tell me that my parts were to arrive at MSA on the 23rd. So, I did get them sooner than expected after I had called them. This is the third time I had ordered from MSA and it was the first problem I have had. !M!